Timm N2T Tutor
| N2T Tutor | |
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| Timm N2T-1 basic trainer of the US Navy at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola in 2007 | |
| Role | Training monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Timm Aircraft |
| First flight | 1940 |
| Primary user | United States Navy |
| Number built | 262 (N2T-1) |
The Timm N2T Tutor is an American training monoplane built by the Timm Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy as the N2T-1.[1]
Design and development
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The Timm S-160 (or Timm PT-160K) was a conventional tandem open-cockpit monoplane trainer first flown on the 22 May 1940 by test pilot Vance Breese. It was powered by a Kinner R-5 radial engine and was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear. It had an unusual feature in that the airframe structure was made from resin impregnated and molded plywood, creating a composite material stronger and lighter than plywood. This process was patented as the Nuyon process and marketed as the aeromold process.[2] The S-160 received the first approval for a plastic-wood construction, (ATC #747), on 28 August 1941.[3]
The PT-175-K variant was fitted with a Kinner R-53 engine. This was followed by the PT-220-C with a 220 hp (164 kW) Continental W-670-6 engine and larger tail.[citation needed]
Operational history
[edit]The PT-220C was evaluated by the United States Navy, which ordered 262 aircraft in 1943 as the N2T-1, incorporating only slight changes from the prototypes.[4] The N2T-1 was a U.S. Navy basic trainer which the Navy nicknamed "Tiny Timm." The entire initial order was delivered in 1943 with no follow-on contract due to the military placing too many orders for Army and Navy trainers.[citation needed]
Postwar
[edit]Although popular and relatively reliable, the N2T-1 was not built for long-term use, especially being made almost entirely of a wood based composite material that proved to be susceptible to decomposing.[citation needed] Postwar, the N2T was sold to private owners and 10 remained on the U.S. civil aircraft register in 2001.[citation needed]
Variants
[edit]- PT-160-K
- Version with a 160 hp (119 kW) Kinner R-5 engine.
- PT-175-L
- Version with a 175 hp (130 kW) Kinner R-53 engine.
- PT-220-C
- Version with a 220 hp (164 kW) Continental W-670-6 engine.
- N2T-1
- Production version of the PT-220C for the United States Navy, 262 built.
Operators
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- United States Navy
- US private owners (postwar)
Accidents
[edit]An N2T-1, tail number N56308, crashed during the Rocky Mountain Airshow at the Flagler Airport, Flagler, Colorado, on 15 September 1951, killing the pilot and 19 spectators.[5] The Mississippi director of aviation banned airshows in the state that year as a result.[6]
Surviving aircraft
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N2Ts are preserved in U.S. museums, including examples at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida, and at the Air Zoo at Kalamazoo Municipal Airport, Michigan.[7]
Specifications (N2T-1)
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Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[8]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 24 ft 10 in (7.57 m) [9]
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
- Height: 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) [9]
- Wing area: 185 sq ft (17.19 m2) [9]
- Empty weight: 1,940 lb (880 kg) [9]
- Gross weight: 2,725 lb (1,236 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental R-670-4 radial engine , 220 hp (164 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn)
- Cruise speed: 124 mph (200 km/h, 108 kn) [9]
- Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi) [9]
- Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,877 m) [9]
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.57 m/s) [10]
See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Andrade 1979, p. 203.
- ^ Hanson, David. "Timm N2T Tutor." Dave's Warbirds, 2006. Retrieved: 11 June 2012.
- ^ Juptner 1993, p. 167.
- ^ Simpson 2001, pp. 547–548.
- ^ "CAB Accident Report ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SHOWS: FLAGER, COLORADO: 1951-09-15." rosap.ntl.bts.gov. Retrieved: June 1, 2021. – PDF
- ^ Cole, Duane. "Risky Business?" Flying magazine, January 1984.
- ^ Ogden 2007, pp. 209, 308.
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 1985, p. 3012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bridgeman 1942, pp. 219c.
- ^ Simpson 2001, p. 548.
Bibliography
[edit]- Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
- Bridgeman, Leonard. Jane's All the World's Aircraft. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1942.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
- Juptner, Joseph P. U.S. Civil Aircraft Series, Volume 8. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8306-4373-8.
- Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 2007. ISBN 0-85130-385-4.
- Simpson, Rod. Airlife's World Aircraft. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
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